Hitchcock's "Northwest by Northwest" directed by Hitchcock in 1959, just looking at the title made me mistakenly think it was a literary film... (So after watching the movie, I still don’t know why I chose such a title.) From the point of view of the movie-watching experience, it should be The main elements of the film are fear, suspense and black humor, and the whole film carries black humor while paying great attention to details. At the same time, it talks about love in a suspenseful atmosphere. The direction of the whole film seems to be clear and confusing until the end. The intelligence bureau personnel stood up and the truth emerged. The main line of the film is that the male protagonist is misidentified in the film to chase the truth and pray for exemption, and the male protagonist and the female protagonist have a secondary line to adjust the atmosphere, tense but smiling. And the film pays attention to details, especially the movement of the lens, which has become a classic case in the film course and was analyzed (which is why I came into contact with this film...) It is both classic and excellent.
The most important element of the film is first embodied in black humor. At the beginning of the film, among the crowds at the beginning of the film, we first saw a Xi Pang who hadn't squeezed into the bus (yes, it was the director himself). According to the teacher’s explanation, each of Hitchcock’s films has his own “participation”, and even the entire filming completed on board is also featured in Hitchcock’s pictures in the newspaper. The director’s own perseverance is indeed one. Kind of humor. Secondly, it is reflected in the character dialogue of the male protagonist Sansil. The ridicule of the kidnappers when he was kidnapped became an opportunity to let the audience relax in the tense atmosphere of watching the movie, and such modifiers appeared in the film many times. So here you can put a label on the male protagonist-a humorous and a bit unlucky bad luck advertiser.
how you said that? As the male protagonist, he should have a halo on his head, but his luck was really memorized. From the time he was misidentified, his whole life seemed to be full of accidents-of course, his luck would not be able to tell the story if he didn't recite the story. At the beginning of the story, he walked out of the hustle and bustle of people, walked all the way to talk with the female secretary, and even stopped the bus on the side of the road, Xiaoyou quietly; then when he was drinking and chatting with his friends, he was misunderstood by the criminals who came out to work. Kaplan-a person who doesn't exist. It is this non-existence that allowed the male protagonist to successfully perform the entire film under this identity and successfully reaped the fragrant love at the end of the film-this will be postponed, but the male protagonist was kidnapped because he was misidentified. , Being filled with alcohol, being forced to drag a car into the game, being forced to murder and convicted, being forced to become another person, being forced to flee, it can be said that he has gone home. But this series of unlucky reminders, in the eyes of the audience, is a tense suspense story, but also can not help but laugh. This is the subtlety of Hitchcock. He makes suspense movies full of comedy effects, which is the so-called black humor.
As a suspenseful film, there are many points for further study. The male protagonist's exploration of the way "Kaplan" is who he is is a metaphor for the reality that is difficult to grasp. A person who has never appeared before, but there are clues about his existence that makes everyone convinced of his existence, and they have to admire the ability of the Intelligence Bureau to do things. The male protagonist’s pursuit process repeatedly thought that he had touched the truth, but repeatedly failed. This series of processes is ridiculous but has to think about the truth of the existence of the world and the uncontrollability of reality. From this perspective, in addition to the humorous aspect, the film also has a certain philosophical meaning. There is also the understanding of moral relativism and conspiracy during the Cold War. I personally think that the expression is a bit cryptic, and I have not studied this, let alone mention it. But the teacher talked about the Italian name of the villain's deputy in class, which seemed to be a manifestation of this.
Regarding this deputy, the teacher thinks it is a pity that he has excellent acting skills but keeps on top of it haha. Carefully observe the details mentioned by the teacher. This person's delicate acting skills are mainly manifested in the handling of some subtle movements. I have to lament the high quality of the entire film crew. During the editing, the scenes in the car were all studio shots, but I carefully looked for the details outside the window to fit as much as possible (although there are still many flaws, haha, the editor is really very hard. And the skill is superb), the hero's home Grant can not move in the car, and the placement of his hand in front of the wine glass is also natural and elegant. Here is a mention of the male protagonist’s right face. It is said that this actor thinks that his right face looks better, so most of the shots of the film are shot on the right face (so some restrictions on the photographer’s composition), including him facing two at the same time When the kidnapper asks, he should also speak to the one who can show his right cheek, but I don't think the difference between the two faces is too much, at most, the left decree pattern is a little deeper, haha.
Back to the main line, talking about love in suspense is probably an additional product of business culture. As a line of love attached to the suspense film, this relationship falls in love at first sight, comes quickly, and is in full swing like dry tea. The process is in full swing, and at the end, love and hate are intertwined. Compared with romance movies, the rhythm is indeed progressing at a rapid pace, but it does enrich the experience of watching movies and enrich the content of the movie. At the end, the passionate pull on the president followed by the camera's tender embrace in the car is a magical touch, which is very suggestive.
Regarding editing, the motion picture of this film should be the biggest attraction. I mentioned taxis earlier, and taxis are also sporty-stop and have a dynamic picture. The flow of people at the beginning of the film is also carefully arranged. The hug at the end that I just mentioned, another clip of the same technique that impressed me was that the male protagonist in "The Graduate" jumped from the pool to the lover's bed. The use of motion to link two different pictures is on the one hand for the sake of smooth editing, on the other hand, it is full of metaphors. Often this connection can trigger in-depth thinking, and there is always the connotation that the director wants to express. Also, the shots of hiding airplanes in different directions of motion in the cornfield are also the most important thing in analyzing sports in class. There are different examples of these. After all, this film is indeed a classic case of analyzing the language of the camera...
Every time I watch the film recommended by the teacher, I hope I have a better understanding of the film industry haha. The above language is not enough to reflect the classics of the film, and the score is 9.5.
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